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A sixth-grade elementary school boy in Taichung insulted a female teacher with nicknames such as “big-breasted sister.” The school’s Gender Equality Association found her to have committed sexual harassment, and the court also ordered her and her parents to jointly and severally pay NT$54,970.
A sixth-grade student at an elementary school in Taichung, Taiwan, was dissatisfied with a female teacher and secretly nicknamed her “Big Breast Sister” and “Little Pussy Cat” while passing notes. The teacher sued for damages of NT$104,970 (NT$, i.e. below, approximately US$3,239) for harm to her personality rights and teacher dignity; The Taichung District Court investigated and found that the school’s gender equality committee approved the boy.sexy and the language used was physically teasing and insulting to the teacher, the student and parents were sentenced to jointly pay NT$54,970 to the teacher, which can be appealed.
The teacher complained that the student passed a note to his classmates during class on April 7 this year. The contents of the note included giving her the nicknames “tits shaking sister” and “little cat”. These words were harassing behavior with derogatory remarks about her physical features. After an investigation by the school’s Gender Equality Education Committee, it was determined that the student had committed sexual harassment.
The teacher claimed that the students violated her personality rights and violated the dignity of the teacher. It demanded a total of 104,970 yuan in compensation from the boy and his parents in the form of medical treatment and substitute tuition fees.
The boy and his parents protested that the boy’s writings were not meant to directly refer to specific parts of the human body, and that the teacher had no subjective intention to insult physical characteristics. In addition, he was an elementary school student at the time, and his language, understanding ability, intellectual level, and social experience were all different from adults. He should not be judged based on adult cognitive standards. He also believed that the amount of compensation sought by the teacher was too high, and the claim was rejected.
According to the Taichung District Court’s investigation, according to the school’s gender equality meeting report, a classmate claimed she had written “breast shaking sister” on the note with the intention of giving the teacher an unpleasant nickname. The boy continued writing, which shows that his behavior did not deviate from the context of the teacher’s insult.
The Intermediate People’s Court also recognized that the boy was already a senior student at the time and had received a gender equality course. It was difficult to say that he was unaware of the sexual implications and derogatory meaning of women. It can be acknowledged that she took the term “tits shaking sister” from her classmates, which was intended to ridicule and humiliate the teacher’s female body, and was in fact sexually explicit.
The Intermediate Court also ruled that students and their parents should jointly pay a total of 54,970 yuan based on compensation for the teacher’s subsequent medical treatment, the need for substitute teachers to teach, and spiritual comfort.
Summary FAQ
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The court believed that the boy’s continuous writing of words like “Didi is shaking her breasts” on the note was a lascivious and derogatory description of women’s physical features and was not just a joke, hence it was considered sexual harassment.
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The teacher claimed that his personal rights and teacher’s dignity had been harmed, and he sought a total compensation of 104,970 yuan from the boy and his parents for medical treatment, substitute teaching fees and spiritual comfort.
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The Taichung District Court ordered the boy and his parents to jointly pay NT$54,970 based on the school’s gender equality investigation, the abusive nature of the boy’s language, and the teacher’s medical treatment and substitute fees.
